Azerbaijan has sent humanitarian aid to Iran “in order to meet the current needs of the neighboring and friendly Iranian people,” the Azerbaijani APA news agency reported.
According to the report, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ordered the aid to be dispatched following a March 8 phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
APA reported that the humanitarian aid sent to the Islamic Republic of Iran by vehicles of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations includes 10 tons of flour, 6 tons of rice, 2.4 tons of sugar, more than 4 tons of water, nearly 600 kg of tea, and almost 2 tons of medicines and medical supplies.
The report comes days after tensions rose between Azerbaijan and Iran following drone strikes targeting Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave amid the ongoing Middle East escalation. Azerbaijan accused Iran of launching the drones and threatened to retaliate, but Tehran denied any involvement.
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